Coupling for umbrella-handles.



PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

GOUPLING PoR UMBRELLA HANDLBS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 31, 1907.

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CONRAD MARX, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

COUPLING FOR UMBRELLA-HANDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application iled January 3l, 1907. Serial No. 354,996.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that 1, CONRAD MARX, a citizen oi the United States, and aresident oil the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvementin Couplings for Umbrella-Handles, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

'lhe purpose oi the invention is to provide a simple and readilyapplicable means for coupling the members or' umbrella and parasolhandles, constructed otmorc than one piece of material, the couplingbeing so made that the handle in its entirety will not turn thereon; anda further purpose oi the invention is to provide a coupling of thecharacter described that can be applied directly to the umbrella stickor rod and be secured thereto.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a handle and a side elevationof the applied coupling; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectionthrough the lower portion of the handle and a coupling; Fig. 3 is anenlarged lower end View oi the lower section of the handle; and Fig. 4is a transverse section through the coupling taken practically on theline 1 4 of Fig. l.

The handle in the drawing is shown constructed oi two members orsections A and B. Ordinarily when the handle is so made the body orinner section A is of a hard and generally ornamental material, whilethe outer or head section B is made of wood, and when so made isprovided with a casing 10 of metal either plain or ornamented. The outeror head section B ol the handle is provided with a bore 11 extendingthrough generally from end to end. but not necessarily so, andparticularly the inner portion ot' the said bore is threaded to receivean outer end of a screw rod 13, which rod is loosely passed through abore l2 formed in the body section A of the handle extending through itfrom end to end and registering with the bore 11 in the outer or headsection l5.

At the outer end ot' the plain bore 12 of the body section A, the outeror upper end of said body section is provided with a countersink 14, asis shown in Fig. 3, and recesses 15 are likewise produced in the saidouter or Lipper end oi' the body section A communicating with thecountersink, as is shown in Fig. 3, and the said recesses 15 areopposite each other, as is shown in the same iigure.

The upper or inner end of the screw rod 13 is received in the tube 16and this tube is adapted to be slid over the upper end ol' the rod orstick oi the umbrella and to be secured thereto in any approved manner.The tube 1G is secured to the upper end ol' the screw 13 in the mannerparticularly shown in Figs. 1 and 4, wherein the inner end portion ofthe tube lo' is pressed so as to close tightly around the screw 15 andto form opposing wings 17 ol' such dimensions that said wings can enterthe recesses 13 in the body section A oi the handle and in order toprevent the tube 16 from possibly turning on the screw 13 at theopposite sides el the rounded contracted portion ol the said tube,longitudinal indentations 1S are made that force the material of thetube into the thread of the rod. The tube having been securely fastenedto the rod 13, the rod is slipped through the bore 12 of the body A oithe handle and is then screwed into the bore 1l. ot' thc outer or headsection B, thus firmly and securely connecting the two said sections.-Whcn the rod 13 has been fully screwed to place, the wings 17 formed' inthe manner stated will enter the recesses 15 owing to the countersink 14and so prevent the handle in its entirety from possibly tiuning on thecoupling medium.

Preferably the tube 1G is covered with a cement so as to give thatportion of the handle a regular or uniform contour, and this cementedportion oi the handle may be also provided with a casing 20 of metal forexample.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

1. In an umbrella handle, a handle formed of sections one section havinga plain bore and the other a threaded bore, the section with the plainbore havingr recesses in one end, a screw passing loosely through onesection and screwingiuto the other section, and a winged tubular memberat one end of the screw, thc wings of the said member entering thcrecesses of the said section and preventing the handle from turning enthe screw.

2. In umbrella handles, a handle constructed in secA tions, the innersection of thc handle at its outer end beingr provided with recesses,and each section with a bore, the bore of the inner section beinglocated between the recesscs in its outer end, a connecting screwloosely passed into the inner section of the handle, being screwed intothe outer section` and a tube secured to the lower end of the said screwand having opposing wings adapted to enter the recesses in the outer endof said inner section, the tube bcini,r adapted to receive the stick orrod of an umbrella or parasol.

3. In an umbrella handle, a handle constructed in sections, each sectionbeing provided with a bore, the inner section being provided withrecesses in its outer end at the sides of the bore, a screw connectingthe sections of the handle, a tube secured to the outer end of the saidscrew clamped thereon and provided with opposing wings that enter thesaid recesses in the inner section, the said tube being adapted toreceive the stick or rod of an umbreila or parasol. and acement-covering for said tube.

4. in an umbrella handle, a handle constructed in sec tions, the outersection being provided with :i threaded rod of an umbrella or parasolhandle, a casing secured to 10" the inner section, and u filling ofcement between the tube and casing.

In testimony whereof l have signed my nume to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CONRAD MARX.

Witnesses .Timms W. RANDOLPH, NOAH CHERTOFF.

